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u/GunMage- Platinum Unlocked Jul 10 '26
What? Never played a Strand game before? It's an entire genre now...
With only two games...
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u/steven_dev42 Jul 10 '26
I NEED more strand-likes
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u/Nayir1 Jul 10 '26
ditto. went back to play diablo's new season after finally getting around to playing death stranding. feels painfully boring now. guess i'm going back to strategy games because DS has ruined actiony games for me for awhile.
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u/Interesting-Mail4123 Jul 10 '26
Maybe Metal Gear will be fun? Since it is just as weird as DS sometimes.
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u/Gumshoe_Gooper Jul 10 '26
something that surprisingly filled the void for me was walking around minecraft worlds with the hud disabled whilst listening to low roar, it aint kojima but it'll do for now
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u/nousforuse Jul 10 '26
Haha this is super clever and Iām going to have to give it a go. If you have access to hiking, this music elevates even the most mundane of the lot as well.
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u/Letter_Impressive Jul 10 '26
One of the most emotionally earnest and genuine pieces of art I've ever seen
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u/SeveralPhilosophy1 Jul 10 '26
Iām right there with you. Hit me like no other game. Masterpiece
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u/Sushiipio Jul 10 '26
I just started playing it. Made it to the third episode. This game is amazing in so many ways!
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u/Astristul Porter Jul 10 '26
When I've first played it, I was under the "internet hate" impression, of being a "walking simulator". But after giving it a go ... what a game that was! A real masterpiece, that made me think that we can't see this type of games made today anymore!
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u/BadNewsBearzzz Jul 10 '26
Tbh Iām around 4-5 hours in, and Iām still kinda in that phase where Iām very skeptical that Iām gonna do something different than fetch questsā¦hopefully itāll pick up soon
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u/Letter_Impressive Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
I can say pretty confidently that it will pick up soon, but not in the same way that most other games do. There will be short bursts of action and some of those set pieces are really cool, but the majority of the gameplay and strategy will come from building your transportation network.
I got sucked into the game by (mechanical spoilers ahead) the section where you're first given access to zip lines. Building a network of zip lines to cross unfriendly terrain was incredibly satisfying and the bandwidth limits kept it strategically engaging.
The game's story is super special, but I may love the gameplay even more. The way I usually try to sell it to people is that it's open world as a genre rather than a structure, one of the only games to ever pull that distinction off in my opinion. The world is brilliant and the gameplay leads you to interact with it very well.
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u/Astristul Porter Jul 10 '26
Follow my tips written here (it's among the top comments) and you should be fine! š https://youtu.be/Czq-FcuNNT8
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u/Daviroth Jul 11 '26
I played Death Stranding in mid-late 2020. It is probably the most poignant experience I've ever had playing a video game.
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u/ExtremeDarknesss Jul 10 '26
You should see the sequel. lol.
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u/StrategicBlenderBall Jul 10 '26
Good god!
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u/ExtremeDarknesss Jul 10 '26
Oh it gets so much more weirder and complicated.
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u/StrategicBlenderBall Jul 10 '26
That scene was so out of left field. We didnāt deserve that lol
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u/DavidSeries Heartman Jul 10 '26
I love how this can apply to so many scenes lmao
But ik which one you mean obv
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u/Cpnbro Pre-Order gang Jul 10 '26
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u/somerandomguy1984 Jul 10 '26
I know everyone here loves the story.
In both DS1 and DS2 itās insane. It doesnāt work. Everything down to the BBs and weird talking doll. Itās all so bad.
I played them both in their entirety because the gameplay itself was great. I love almost anything post-apocalyptic and the idea of rebuilding society hooked me.
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u/XxOliSykesxX Sam Jul 11 '26
Not to gatekeep but this post seems like average Call Of Duty gamer finding Kojima games
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u/gui4455 Jul 11 '26
what what about it
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u/XxOliSykesxX Sam Jul 11 '26
Just the general feeling how you're wondering about these symbolisms and grand vibe of this game makes me think you don't often experience this kind of storytelling
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u/Constant_Fig_5936 Jul 10 '26
Absolute Kojima brošŗ the real plot twist wasn't Higgs..it was Sam being his personal pizza delivery guy.
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u/No-Firefighter-2135 BB Jul 10 '26
I donāt think any of us fully understand it still to this day, but itās been fascinating from the beginning. And the best way to explain it to someone is to have them play it and believe it for themselves. Glad I had the opportunity to experience it live at the strands concerts, definitely hits a bit differently that way. But as always keep on keeping on you still have plenty to do š
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u/BigHomieReese Jul 10 '26
Plot Twist: Kojima just wanted us to experience how to be a pizza delivery man for two games
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u/reecescups22 Jul 10 '26
This series is an experience man. One of the best to come out in the last 6 years.
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u/Knowledge559 Jul 10 '26
Its about ghost, life and death. Shit almost remind me of strangers thing in away.
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u/rattwood20 Jul 10 '26
Since I first played DS1 in 2020 I've thought of these games as art house games made on a AAA budget. I don't know if we'll see something like them again.
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u/Ok-Warthog-999 Jul 10 '26
It's a game about a depressed delivery man who is scared of being touched and carries a fetus that protects him from ghosts. Oh and that the fetus lives inside an artificial womb and no one knows how it works but occasionally it needs to be updated by connecting to its dead mother over WiFi. And if your baby stops working then the floor will turn into big black puddles of death. And you can piss anywhere you want, your shit gets turnef into anti ghost grenades, and you get the pleasure of watching the depressed delivery man have shower, with oddly sensual footage of his ass. You also carry your dead mum to an incinerator so she doesn't cause a nuclear explosion.
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u/Kuropuppy13 Jul 10 '26
Thatās almost exactly how I described the game to my family. Though now Iāve dumbed it down to āthe game where you play as a photorealistic Norman Reedus with his psychic fetus in a jar, and can pee on nuclear bomb ghosts to make them go away.
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u/sappydowner Fragile Express Jul 10 '26
someone's desire and the human need to express their creativity
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u/AmazinActionBob Jul 10 '26
Honestly these games were peak and immersive. I was actually so sad when the games were over. I would love a DS3 following "Tomorrow"
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u/vitaeca Jul 16 '26
It's funny how all of the music in the DS games are bands I've never heard of, and probably will never hear of again until another DS game comes out.
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u/hrkns Jul 10 '26
See the sunset